Published 13 February 2023 Urban great tits prefer native trees for breeding (Photo: Caroline Isaksson) Small passerine birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less the more non-native trees there are in the vicinity of the nest. This is shown in a long-term study from Lund University in Sweden. City trees contribut

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/urban-birds-prefer-native-trees - 2025-06-09

By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 9 April 2025 Could burying carbon dioxide under the seabed be the answer for the future? Lina Lefstad, who received an Honourable Mention in the Agenda 2030 Award, is exploring this in her research. Photo: Sara Håkansson She grew up in oil-rich Norway, with a father who travelled the world working in the oil sector. Li

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/can-oil-industrys-know-how-help-solve-climate-crisis - 2025-06-09

Published 19 October 2021 Photo: TeamDAF/Istockphoto On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's cancelled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. What can we expect from the meeting? Five Lund researchers give answers. How far do countries' clim

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-06-09

By stina [dot] johannesson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Stina Johannesson) - published 8 May 2019 The CEC PhD students and some of the supervisors at the spring meeting. How do micro-plastics affect our soil? What's the impact of urbanization on biodiversity? And how can drones be used for measuring carbon fluxes from Swedish peatlands? These were a few of the questions raised at the initial PhD st

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-makers-focus-environmental-and-climate-effects - 2025-06-09

By ulrika [dot] liard_wedin [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Ulrika Liard Wedin) - published 15 June 2022 Maryam Nastar, researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), and Rashmi B. Prasad, Associate Professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre, receive the first two SASNET grants intended to support individual researchers at Lund University in their writing of researc

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-new-sasnet-grants-support-writing-research-applications - 2025-06-09

Published 4 June 2021 The middle spotted woodpecker has disappeared from Sweden, while the European fire-bellied toad has been reintroduced. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons) Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species. “Many species are threa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genomics-informed-decisions-can-help-save-species-extinction - 2025-06-09

Published 11 June 2021 The middle spotted woodpecker has disappeared from Sweden, while the European fire-bellied toad has been reintroduced. Photos: Wikimedia Commons. Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species. “Many species are threa

https://www.science.lu.se/article/genomics-informed-decisions-can-help-save-species-extinction - 2025-06-09

Published 5 May 2022 CMES will host two events on democracy and gender-just peace in the MENA region (in Swedish) on July 6 during the Almedalen week in Visby. All welcome! Please note that the events will be held in Swedish! Democracy in the Middle East (Demokratispaning i Mellanöstern) July 6, 2022, 11:15-12:15, Hästgatan 13 in Visby The contemporary Middle East and North Africa is populated by

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-almedalen - 2025-06-09

Published 29 August 2022 Cover: Lund University On Friday September 2, Laleh Foroughanfar is defending her PhD thesis in Architecture and Built Environment, "The Street of Associations - Migration and Infrastructural (Re)Production of Norra Grängesbergsgatan, Malmö". Welcome to attend! Laleh Foroughanfar will be defending her PhD thesis The Street of Associations - Migration and Infrastructural (R

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/phd-thesis-defence-street-associations-migration-and-infrastructural-reproduction-norra - 2025-06-09

Published 6 May 2019 Photo: Johan Persson The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely mentioned in high-level climate policy discussions, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Many wildlife species play a key role in dispersing th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hunting-jeopardizes-forest-carbon-storage-yet-overlooked-climate-mitigation-efforts - 2025-06-09

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 29 September 2022 Urban forests have less bird diversity compared to forests in the countryside – even if the forest areas are of the same quality. Photo: Tariq Sulemani/Istockphoto. A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fe

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2025-06-09

By malin [dot] neptin [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Malin Neptin) - published 8 January 2025 In our recent study in Nature Communications, we employed cutting-edge proteomics to explore changes in blood plasma proteins during early HIV-1 infection. The results advance our understanding of early host responses and highlight mechanisms that influence viral control and disease progression.The Questions

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/dynamics-blood-plasma-proteome-during-hyperacute-hiv-1-infection - 2025-06-09

Published 27 January 2025 Climate change is a reality for communities globally, forcing governments and international agencies to propose climate adaptation measures. For many people, these top-down approaches don't always align with their needs, values or legal rights. Ana Maria Vargas is one of the researchers in the project "Everyday forms of resistance to state adaptation regulation: An ethnog

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/the-justice-in-resisting-climate-change-policies - 2025-06-09

Published 20 April 2018 On 14 and 15 April, the School of Social Work, in collaboration with SASNET, hosted a workshop on nationalisms in South Asia. The convenors were Frank Korom from Boston University, Jan Magnusson from the School of Social Work and the Director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson. The core idea of the workshop was formed in opposition to a generation of scholarship which argued that

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/comparing-nationalist-actors-south-asia - 2025-06-09

By Cecilia [dot] von_Arnold [at] lucsus [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia von Arnold) - published 28 March 2023 Join LUCSUS at this year's Sustainability Week. We are organising and participating in events on climate litigation, science and activism, and the role of the arts in the climate crisis. Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund muni

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/join-lucsus-sustainability-week-17-22-april - 2025-06-09

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 4 September 2020 Previous forest fires in the Amazon. Photo: markhillary/flickr. The official figures for forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon in August 2020 show a slight decrease from last year. But researchers at the Brazil's Space Research Institute, Inpe, warn that data may need to be corrected so much that they instead r

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/researcher-torsten-krause-comments-fires-brazilian-amazon-august-2020 - 2025-06-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 28 May 2024 This year’s RTM focused on new technologies, such as AI and quantum technology, but also cybersecurity and processes such as digital and green transition. Photo: IVA / Erik Cronberg These are busy days for Lars-Erik Wernersson. After participating in the 2024 Royal Technology Mission (RTM) to the Netherlands in a del

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/just-arrived-back-royal-trip-now-starting-blocks-semiconductor-conference - 2025-06-09

Published 28 August 2017 From the left: Luis Mundaca, Oksana Mont, Jenny Palm and Nancy Bocken. Photo: Jenny Loftrup The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) was established in 1994 as an international centre at Lund University to address complex environmental challenges. Over the years, the IIIEE has developed into a unique interdisciplinary centre of excellence

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/four-new-professors-iiiee-transitions-low-carbon-and-resource-efficient-eco-nomies - 2025-06-09

By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 30 May 2024 James Pamment och Jesper Falkheimer. Photo: Alessandra Sossini In an ideal world, perhaps the Psychological Defence Research Institute in Helsingborg would not even exist. But the global situation has brought attention, increased research funding and significant interest in collaboration from wider societ

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/psychological-defence-research-institute-we-could-be-ten-times-size-we-are - 2025-06-10

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 4 January 2022 Jenny Rissler is a Principal Investigator at NanoLund, and active in the Mistra Environmental Nanosafety research program. Photo: Kennet Ruona A new study shows that carbon nanotubes used as additives to polymers – to make materials lighter, stronger, and electrically conductive – do not necessarily degrade under the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/higher-temperatures-are-needed-ensure-carbon-nanotubes-decomposition - 2025-06-09